Straw-elevator.



W. V. TEETER.

STRAW ELEVATOR.

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Patented Oct. 25,1910.

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WILLIAM V. TEETEQ, F GRINNELL, KANSAS.

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Specification cl. Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 25, 1910.

Application filed July, 8, 1909. Serial No. 605,917.

To" all who'm it ma/y concern:

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM. V. TEETER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Grinnell, in the county of Gove and State of Kansas, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Straw-Elevators;

yandqI do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescriptionof the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same' This inventionrelates to elevators specially constructed for unloadin ..loose onthreshed' grain from wagons; an it consists in the novel constructionandcombination of the arts hereinafter fully described and claimed:

In the drawin Figure 1 is an end view of the stacker.

A is a truck or earria g f any approved construction provid wi hi wheels(1 for road or for rail. Thistruck'has any suitable-motor ('iiotshownlmounted on it, and

15 it is preferably provided with self-propelling gear 'of any approvedconstruction, wh ch is driven by the said motor, so'that the machine maybe transported from place to lace.

' I is a straw-elevator, the lower section of which is hinged to oneside of the truck 1 p A by. hinges 6, between two of the wheels a. Theowei end portion of the elevator I projects at one side of the truck,and "its to the upper section and is ournaled in bearings'c on the lowersection. --D is an operating handletor lever which is rigidly secured toone end ortion of the shaft C, and which is provi ed with a retractablecatch d which on ages with a notched plate :1 which is rigi 1y securedto the lower section B.

' E is an endless elevator carrier arranged in the trou h-sliapedframes-of the upper .59 and lower e evator sectiona -"The end portionsof theca-rriei ass over rollers e and fe",'and the 'lower rol er 6 issecured one 4 shaft F which is-driven from the motor b i any approvedintermediate driving whee s tor connections.

g. 215 a plan viewof the supporting the middle parts of the carrier. Theu per section of the elevator can be arrange in line or out of line withthe lower section, as required; and when the machine is beingtransported from place to place, the upper section is folded withrespect to the lower section, The upper section of the elevator isturned downward out of line with the" lower section, so that it doesnotproject to aninconvenient extent, when the machine is drawn along,and the upper section may be secured in a vertical position or in anyother convenient position.

' The upper parts of the-elevator are arranged between uprights-G, and gis a cord which passes over a uide-sheave g at the upper part of oneof-t e uprights. One end this cord is secured to the elevator and theother end is secured to the upright or 76 to the truck. Any a provedwindingmechanism can be provi ed, if desired, for winding up the cordand raisin the elevator. The lower end portion 0 the ele-, vatorprojects below the truck and the t s 80 'ofthe wheels at when theelevator is r sed,

and it is provided with a curved'receiving I hopper H which is widerthan the elevator.

are arms which are pivoted b pins i J to the lower part of the elevatora ove the 8 hopper, and which project upwardly andaway from the elevator-J are springs between the arms I and the lower section of the elevator,Thes'e springs sustain thewarms in their raised position.

K is a vdrag-rains The frame hot this drag-rake is pivoted to the upperend portions of the arms I, and the drag-rake is .providd with endlesstravelin bands-and I cross-slats provided with teeth The endless'banclsare carried by wheels m and m secured on shafts n and n which arejournaled at theend portions of the (Ira -rake. The-upper shaft n isthedrivin' -sha and it is provided with a driving-w eel n.

The driving-wheel m is driven by ah'endless drive-chain p from adriving-wheel P at the lower part of the elevator, and this"d'riving-wlheel Pfjs driven by 'the motor oiith truck in an approvedmanner. The" .dri, ing-wheel is preferably connected with thedriving-shaft of the elevator by-any approved intermediatedriving-devices pi, so that the elevator and the dragrake are drivensimultaneously. The arrows-in Fig.

y lshow the directions-0f the motion of thef Suitable guide rollers fare'providcd for drag-rake and the elevator.

the rods it R are rods pivoted at one end by pins r to the arms I. Theother end portions of the rods R are slidable in guides 1" secured tothe sides of the frame of the drag-rake. Sustainin springs S arearranged around between the guides 1" and collars s on the rods, andthesesprings normally hold the draw-rake in a raised position, as shownin 1. 1g. 1.

A wagon wntaining'unthreshed grain in looseforr'nis arranged alongsidethe truck,

and under the free end portion of the dragrake. The free end portionofthe dragr'ake'is"pressed :do\v'ii by hand onto the grain, and theginiiris dragged loytheteeth into the hopper, and is carried up theelevatorby the endless carrier and is delivered at the opposite side ofthetruck from the wagon Asthe elevator is arranged cross-- wise ofthetruck and between its wheels, it isalways wellbalance'd. The springsJ permit the dra -ralre to be'pressed into engage-z ment with t e grain,and permit the arms I to move on their pivots to let the drag-rake bemoved up and down; 'I'he springs J also ralse the arms I-toward theirvertical po- ""'sitio n automatically when the free end portionof'thedrag-rake is lifted up by hand.

" ir'to straw; The wagons are mounted on This machine can also be usedto stack gra n in bundles, many other material slmi- \vheels; and two ormore-wagons are prefer- "ably used, so that when one wagon 13 being"@"disch'arge'd by the straw-stacker, another wagon is bein filled bythe header which euts "the grain in the field.

The self-propelling mechanism (not shown) is used to move thestraw-stacker about fronrfield to Held, and from stackvard to stackyard:It is preferably driven y the same engine which drives the elevatormechanism, but a-separate en ine may be'provided to propel the truck, ifdesirec,

or'the machine may be moved aboutin any' other up roved manner.

that claim is: 1. In ajstraw elevator, the combination,

", with a truck-,bfa straw carrier pivotally supported. by the tr'uekvand having end portions ofunequal length which pro ect on opposite sidesof its wet, the shorter end being provir ed with a receiving opper ofgreater width than its mam portion, said hopper being an extension ofthe one carrier frame and arranged substantially 'in line with it, meansfor sup orting the straw carrier in an inelined position with the ho perprojecting below the tap of the truch, arms having their lower partspivoted to the longer end portion of the straw carrier, at drag-rakepivoted at one end to the upper parts of the said arms with its free endprojecting over the said hopper and adapted to drag the straw into it,and means for supporting the upper parts of the said arms from the strawcarrier and permitting them to be moved pivotally.

2. The combination, with-a truck mounted on wheels, of a straw-elevatorhinged to one side of the truck and projecting crosswise thereof betweenits wheels, spring-supported arms having their lower end ortions piv'oted to the lower end portion oi a drag-rake pivoted at one end to theupper end portions of the said arms and arranged to feed the straw ontothe elevator, and means for supporting the upper part of the elevatorfrom the truck.- 3. The combination, with a straw-elevator, ofswing-supportedarms having their lower end portions pivoted to the lowerend portion of the elevator, and a drag-rake pivoted atone end to theupper end )OltiOllS ofthe said arms and arranged to ced the straw ontothe elevator.

if The combination, with a straw-elevator, of arms pivoted to theelevator, supporting springs arranged between the said arms and theelevator and permitting the arms to be moved pivotal] and a drag-rakepivoted to'the free end portions of the arms.

The combination, with a straw-elevator. of spring-supported armshavingtheir lower end portions pivoted to the lower end portion of theelevator, a drag-rake pivoted at one end to the upper end portions ofthe said arms and arranged to feed the straw onto the elevator, guidessecured to the sides of the drag-rake, rods pivoted to the said arms andslidable in the said guides, and

the elevator, H

supporting springs carried by the said rods v andbearing against thesaid guides.

In testimony whereof I have aflixed'my signature in the presence of twowitnesses. I \VILLTAM V. TE )TER.

\Vitnesses: p

In'rnn Dn Bonn, J. E. BORAII.

